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> Margaret Hamilton worked out how to write bug-free software during the Apollo 11 project. The IT industry collectively went, "meh." That's an often repeated
by armitron 2y ago
> Margaret Hamilton worked out how to write bug-free software during the Apollo 11 project. The IT industry collectively went, "meh."
That's an often repeated myth but it collapses the moment one digs a bit further (rather than swallowing preposterous statements). She was a glorified manager at best, others did the programming that actually mattered.
Hal Laning [2] was primarily responsible for what Hamilton gets credit for.
[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/18yum8s/no_margaret_hamilton_at_nasa_is_not_standing_next/ https://old.reddit.com/r/badhistory/comments/18yum8s/no_marg...
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LELUXyVDOKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LELUXyVDOKk
- carapace 2y agoYeah this sort of after-the-fact character assassination is BS. People get jealous of other people's fame. One publicity photo and a little fame and you've got whole threads of folks tearing you down, "she was /just/ the team leader". Whatever.